variants
or drivelled
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as in shouted
to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly
he driveled on about his "distinguished" family for what seemed like hours
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for driveled
Verb
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Asuka spat mist in Sky's face, and Sane delivered an Insane Elbow to complete the heel turn of The Kabuki Warriors.—
Fernando Quiles Jr,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025 -
To symbolize the global connections made possible by the new canal, participants poured water from Lake Erie and rivers around the world into the Atlantic at Sandy Hook, a sand spit off New Jersey at the entrance to New York Harbor.—
Christine Keiner,
The Conversation,
15 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Perry shouted into her microphone.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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Johnson shouted as the players echoed his words, urging him to repeat them.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Mulroney, Ackerman, Snow, and Newman turn this story of spatting WAGS into an explosive, addictive watch.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
11 Aug. 2025
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Preparation has cultural and regional variations, but the seed is usually chewed with slaked lime and betel leaves, and chewing releases a red juice that's often then spat out.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Democrats' ballyhooed and famously expensive bid to unseat her in 2020 sputtered to an 8-point defeat in a state that President Joe Biden carried by 9 points.—
NPR,
NPR,
14 Oct. 2025
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Unpopular Peruvian president removed from office Peruvian lawmakers impeached President Dina Boluarte and removed her from power, ending an unpopular presidency during which crime rates soared and the economy sputtered.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The earthquake rattled at a depth of 8 miles, with its epicenter roughly 8 miles southeast of Petrolia.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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The blast rattled Gentry Stover from his sleep.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
12 Oct. 2025
Verb
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At Mipcom, Montezemolo chatted to Variety.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
16 Oct. 2025
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Swift chatted about her recent engagement to Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.—
Nicole Fell,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Diners chattered away and ate at the restaurant while wedding guests gathered on the dance floor.—
Lauren Mascarenhas,
CNN Money,
22 Sep. 2025
Verb
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As Lindell babbled on about baseless conspiracy theories involving voting in De Baraso’s home state of Georgia, the 12-year-old shut him down.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Driveled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/driveled. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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